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Remeber Chuck Liddell’s infamous appearance on that Texas morning news show? Yeah, the one where he appeared to be drugged but was just high on pain and cold medication? Well, remember how Chuck said he wanted to fight Tommy Morrison for his next fight? Looks like Tommy’s practicing… The World Fighting [...]

Melvin Guillard was suspended for eight months and fined $2,100 (30% of his $7,000 fight purse) for testing positive for Benzoylegonine, a metabolite of cocaine, after his loss to Joe Stevenson at Ultimate Fight Night 9 on April 5th. MMA HQ first reported the positive drug test back on April 13.
According to Ivan Trembow [...]

Rich Franklin confirmed that Yushin Okami has signed to fight in replacement of Martin Kampmann at UFC 72. The following was posted by Rich Franklin this morning on his official website:

I spoke with Monte (my manager) Saturday evening and that conversation eluded to the fact that Kampman may be out. Monday,I was told he [...]

This morning, Royce Gracie finally confirmed what has been rumored for about two months now. The first K-1 Hero’s card to be held in the USA on June 2 will feature a fight between Royce Gracie vs. Kazushi Sakuraba.
This morning on the MMAtv.com UnderGround forums, Royce made the following post:

For years the fans have [...]

According to UFC.com Martin Kampmann has pulled out of his scheduled fight with Rich Franklin at UFC 72 scheduled for June 16.

According to his manager, Ken Pavia of Pavia, Ciscone, & Associates, Kampmann injured his knee while wrestling in training last week at UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture’s gym in Las Vegas, Nev.
“Martin’s out,” said [...]

The UFC officially announced another fight today for the UFC 73: Stacked card that will be held on July 7. UFC 73 was already scheduled for a title fight between Anderson Silva and Nathan Marquardt, a title fight between Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca, and a light-heavyweight fight between Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans. [...]

It’s nice to see that even SpikeTV is bashing Gabe “Godzilla” Ruediger this morning. I found this on the SpikeTV TUF 5 site, and had to pass it along.

And while we’re all kicking Gabe while he’s down (and fat) here’s a video of blue belt Allen “Monstah Lobstah” Berube choking Gabe unconscious during a [...]